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    Wedge impacting on pendulum

    I have a massive wedge rising vertically and impacting on the side of a pendulum. The pendulum consists of a hard sphere suspended from a rod and is constrained to only rotate about its’ fulcrum. The wedge nose/slope has an angle Q to vertical. What is the instantaneous velocity Vx (horizontal)...
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    VBA code not waiting on Solver (Office 2003)

    I am running an Excel VBA programme where the VBA code calls the Solver and moves on immediately without waiting on the Solver. In fact the Solver does not run! :-( When running in the development environment it works! When starting the code via an event such as command button press, it fails...
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    [ponder] Driving torque for variable inertia

    I have two expressions for torque with variable inertia. Will someone check out the maths for me please? Deriving Torque from energy change Work T.dq = Energy change = d(1/2 w2.J ) q = rads, w = rad/S d(1/2 w2.J ) d( w2.J ) Torque T =...
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    Shape text to number conversion. How?

    I am trying to use the text parameter of one shape to determine a number and use this in a shapesheet formula for another shape. In particular I am using VB to write a string (number) to the text parameter of one shape. The shapesheet for another shape should be able to use the numeric value of...
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    size units for AutoShape objects (inch or cm?)

    I use scaled drawings in Excel. Sometimes the Autoshape object properties are in inches and at other times they are in cm. How can I force Excel to use cm as the size units for an AutoShape Object? Many thanks.

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